The Soul Of Miami

Fabulous First Friday
Friday, June 7, Evening
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129

An evening of laser lights, stars, and more. Free Planetarium Star Show (7 p.m.) and rooftop observatory viewing (8:30–10 p.m., weather permitting.)

The museum’s famous Laser Shows are in the Planetarium. Each show requires a separate ticket. Laser Show admission is $4 per child, $8 per adult. Showtimes are:
8 p.m.:  “Pop” (Family Laser Show)
9 p.m.:  Best of the Beatles
10 p.m.:  Bob Marley
11 p.m.:  Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Midnight:  Bob Marley

The museum’s Activity Room for kids is a fun alternative for the little ones. Hands-on activities and demonstrations for kids ages 3 and older take place from 8–9 p.m. in the Space Gallery.

Dinosaurs Invade Miami Children’s Museum
June 8, 2013 – January 5, 2014
Miami Children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway
Watson Island, Miami
www.miamichildrensmuseum.org

Entrance to the exhibit is included in each regular admission to the Museum. Admission is $16 for adults and children, $12 for Florida Residents, free for children under 1 year and admission for Members is complimentary.

Hordes of Jurassic reptiles will be roaming around the Miami Children’s Museum (MCM) as Dino Island returns.  From June 8th, 2013 through January 5th, 2014, the dinosaurs will make their home at the Museum, 980 MacArthur Causeway on Watson Island in Miami.  MCM and Kokoro, the originators and innovators of the life like museum-quality robotic dinosaurs, will once again transform the Museum’s What’s New? Gallery into a prehistoric adventureland for the entire family. 
 
Enter MCM’s time machine and journey back 230 million years into the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods when giant dinosaurs roamed the earth.  Visitors young and old will explore 2,500 square feet of custom sets that are home for lifelike, robotic creatures, including a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Apatosaurus, Triceratops mother and baby, Maiasaura family, and a suspended Pteradon.  Children will see them walking, feeding, roaring, fighting, hatching and caring for their young, all acting and interacting with captivating realism. Families will stay clear of the volcano that erupts periodically with sound, lights and smoke, experience a murky swamp with bubbling water, and relax in a cave with a “fireside” reading nook area and much more. 

Dino Island will entertain and educate children as they learn about scale through an interactive light display, experience the magnitude of dinosaurs’ size with a life size footprint, learn the difference between meat and plant eating dinosaurs, and discover the evolution of dinosaurs into birds, their closest living descendents.  In addition to fulfilling the fascination, children and families will experience dinosaur habitats, unearth mysteries at a fun fossil dig station, and create unique pieces of art at rub stations. 
 
Dino Island is a marvelous adventure of self-discovery for the whole family.

The Miami Children’s Museum offers bilingual and interactive exhibits; programs and classes and learning materials related to arts, culture, community and communication.  They have 14 interactive galleries as well as housing many exciting and fun traveling exhibits.  Miami Children’s Museum (MCM) is dedicated to enriching the lives of all children by fostering a love of learning and enabling children to realize their highest potential. Through arts and educational programs, MCM seeks to include and target all audiences in Miami’s changing and diverse community by becoming the "town center" for Miami-Dade County’s children and families.

Time Travel Easy and Exciting at Miami Children’s Museum’s Summer Camp
June 10 – August 23, 2013
Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Miami Children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway
Miami, FL
www.miamichildrensmuseum.org

Fees are $198.00 per week for MCM members and $220.00 per week for Non-Members. Fee also includes a camp t-shirt and a Subway lunch is available for an additional fee. Parents are encouraged to register prior to the start of camp to avoid the $20.00 walk-in fee at the start of every week.  Before Care is available at $25.00 per week while After Care is $60.00.

To register for Camp, please call 305.373.KIDS (5437), ext. 112 or visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org or at the museum.

Campers must bring their own lunch and snack or purchase them from our Subway location.  MCM also offers extended care that caters to working parents and their busy schedules. Before care is from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. while After Care is from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Both are available daily at an additional per week fee.

And MCM is not just for kids. The Museum seeks volunteers ages 12 and up to assist with camp and work closely with the kids to provide a fun, safe and memorable experience for all campers. Interested candidates should call 305.373.KIDS (5437), ext. 119 to sign up today!

Now your children can spend the summer traveling through time to new and exciting adventures.  Miami Children’s Museum presents another summer of fun with their Time Travel Summer Camp at the Museum located conveniently between Downtown Miami and Miami Beach for 11 weeks.   Campers from Pre-K (3  years) through 5th Grade will enjoy a fun-filled learning experience as they travel through time from the very prehistoric beginnings to way into the future, while developing new interests, and making new friends.  And when they travel to the land of Dinosaurs, they can experience the Museum’s latest hands on attraction, Dino Island, which opens on June 8th. Campers can join camp for a week or all summer long!

Whether part of MiChiMu Travel Team 1 (Pre K – 2nd Grade) or part of Team 2 (3rd to 5th Grade), campers can experience weekly time travel adventures, all within a safe hands on learning environment. Each week we will visit a different time period through interactive stories, hands-on projects, performances, and more! Campers will participate in fun and unique activities that support literacy, health and nutrition, art making and creative thinking skills.

From Dinosaur Time Machine to Heroes and Heroines of Ancient Greece to Tea Time with the Emperor to MCM into the Future and more, there is a world of exciting adventures to be found each week.  Campers will also study Ancient Egypt, Rome and Mayan civilizations and check out the Ice Age and dive deep down into the South Florida seas.  Classes include explorations of the museum’s galleries, playgrounds, and field trips (for campers ages 7-10 only).

Miami Children’s Museum offers bilingual and interactive exhibits; programs and classes and learning materials related to arts, culture, community and communication.  MCM has 14 interactive galleries and houses many exciting and fun traveling exhibits.
                       
Miami Children’s Museum is dedicated to enriching the lives of all children by fostering a love of learning and enabling children to realize their highest potential.  Through arts and educational programs, MCM seeks to include and target all audiences in Miami’s changing and diverse community by becoming the “town center” for Miami-Dade County’s children and families.